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7 | O akville B eaver | T hursday,M ay 19,2022 insidehalton.com The number of people with COVID-19 in Halton's hospitals has dropped be- low 20 for the first time since March. As of Friday (May 13), there were 19 people in the region's four hospitals be- ing treated for COVID-19, down from 29 at the same time the previous week. Of those, nine were admitted for COVID-19, while the re- mainder were admitted for other reasons but have since tested positive. Halton Region reported three COVID-19 related deaths over the past week, two in Oakville and one in Burlington. At press time, there were119 deaths relat- ed to the virus in the re- gion this year and 365 overall. The region reported 445 lab-confirmed cases over COVID-19 over the past week, an average of 63.6 per day. Due to the lack of avail- able PCR testing, the lab- confirmed cases are only a small percentage of the to- tal cases in the region. The number of on-go- ing outbreaks in the re- gion dropped from 10 to eight after the region de- clared outbreaks over at Extendicare Halton Hills long-term care home and Appleby Place retirement home. Two of Halton's six wastewater sites (Oakville South East and Skyway) showed increases in the presence of COVID-19 while one (Acton) showed a decrease. The remaining three were stable (show- ing less than 10 per cent change from the previous week). Here's a look at Halton's weekly COVID news and numbers. Graham Paine/Metroland WEEKLY ROUNDUP: COVID HOSPITALIZATIONS HIT LOWEST POINT SINCE MARCH HERB GARBUTT hgarbutt@metroland.com NEWS SCAN THIS CODE to view COVID cases tracker.